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Agency – Thisisagency.AI: Augmented Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) Marketing

Shaun Anderson — Fri, 01 May 2026 01:43:35 +0000

Meet Agency. Agency is an Agentic HITL (Human-in-the-Loop) Operating System where you are the CEO of an agency of 81 AI employees.

What is Agentic SEO?

Shaun Anderson — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:13:39 +0000

Definition: Agentic SEO is the evolution of search strategy from manipulating outdated SEO tactics to proactively structuring factual, consensus-driven, reputation-based “ground truth” for generative AI comprehension (a process known as Answer Engine Optimisation). It leverages autonomous, multi-agent workflows and creative inference to conduct deep research and construct massive, verified factual corpora (Super Topicality), effectively forcing ... Read more

What is Agentic Engineering?

Shaun Anderson — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 22:45:18 +0000

Agentic Engineering moves us from talking to software to employing it.

Agency: The Agentic Website Quality Evaluator

Shaun Anderson — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 06:04:27 +0000

Thisisagency.ai is out of beta on May 1st 2026, to a select few invitees to test out before wider launch in early May 2026.

The Google Algorithm Update Correction Hypothesis

Shaun Anderson — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 04:18:36 +0000

The Google Algorithm Update Correction Hypothesis by Shaun Anderson AKA Hobo.

What is AgaaS? “Agentic as a Service” Explained by Jensen Huang

Shaun Anderson — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 02:13:51 +0000

Agentic as a service described by Jensen Huang.

What is Commodity Content to Google in 2026?

Shaun Anderson — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:20:42 +0000

Example: Commodity vs Non-Commodity Content

What is Non-Commodity Content? Meet The New Helpful Content

Shaun Anderson — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 14:07:21 +0000

Helpful Content 2.0.

Good SEO is Good GEO (Not For New Sites, In Any Reasonable Time Frame)

Shaun Anderson — Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:26:30 +0000

Claim: Good SEO is Good GEO (according to Google in 2026). Truth: Agree in principle, but if you only do “good SEO” on your own new site in isolation, you can still be invisible for months in AI Overviews, because Google takes the context for the ai overview from most trusted sources it can find, ... Read more

Can You Rank In Google Without Content?

Shaun Anderson — Mon, 20 Apr 2026 13:48:10 +0000

Watch the SEO community dissect this in real time.

Is There a Sandbox for New Sites in Google AI Overviews?

Shaun Anderson — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 14:43:37 +0000

This is how frontier SEO is done. An experienced SEO makes an observation, other SEOs test it, we identify the nuonces, share data and try to workout why we are seeing what we individually see. Running a live test with a new domain to see if @lilyraynyc is correct about a sandbox for AI overviews. ... Read more

“We Fake It”: Google’s Illusion of Understanding Content

Shaun Anderson — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:03:21 +0000

Exhibit No. UPX0203 contains an internal presentation by Eric Lehman. Lehman begins by framing Google Search as a grand scientific endeavour.

From Vibe to Viable: The Silver Era of Vibe Coding Has Begun

Shaun Anderson — Mon, 13 Apr 2026 01:50:46 +0000

I just posted: “The Silver Age of Agentic Vibe Coding has begun: the era of scalable, economically viable agentic systems is just opening. If you missed the first sprint, the next one rewards discipline and taste more than raw speed.” (see the tweet) A follow-up to: “Dec 2025 > March 2026 – The Golden Age ... Read more

Meet Meg: Ethics Manager at Thisisagency.ai

Shaun Anderson — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:28:03 +0000

In a fully autonomous, 80-plus-employee AI workforce, velocity is a given. But without governance, velocity becomes a liability. That is where Meg, Agency’s Level-3 AI-powered Ethics Manager, steps in. She is the moral compass of the organisation, designed to intercept harmful, distressing, or legally problematic requests before they cause irreversible damage. 1. The Role: Pre-Flight ... Read more